The Boston Red Sox Win the World Series

For decades, the Boston Red Sox were associated with an 86-year championship drought. Times are now quite different for the baseball team, who have won three championships in the past 10 years, the most titles any MLB team has achieved during that time span. They came back in 2004, won once again in 2007 and proved theyre here to stay with another victory just yesterday.

Beating the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 6 with a final score of 6-1, the winning moment came when Red Sox closer Koji Uehara struck out Cardinals second basemen Matt Carpenter for the final out. Differing from their comeback charm in 2004 and their comfortable cool in 2007, this year the team was Boston Strong, playing in honor of their home city, which was tragically struck by the Boston Marathon bombings this past April. Wearing Boston Strong logos on their left sleeves, the players were constantly reminded that this game was much more than just that.

Even though they broke their losing streak nine years ago, yesterdays triumph marked a moment that hasnt happened since 1918. For the first time in nearly a century, the Red Sox won the trophy right at home in Fenway Park with over 38,000 fans as witnesses to the historic win. Second basemen Dustin Pedroia expressed the significance of the night saying, It was kind of hard for me to keep my emotions down. You always want to win in front of your home fans. David Ortiz, this years MVP and the common thread among all three championships, felt just as honored sharing, I think it might be the most special out of all the World Series that I have been part of.

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